Last week Beyonce released her new album “Lemonade,” and it got me thinking.
The whole album is one continuous video with speaking parts and heart-wrenching, artistic visuals of what it really feels...
High school makes it hard to fit in.
With so many labels and social constructs, the way people look and the activities they choose decide who their friends are.
It’s like we all have to choose...
“You only live once.” I've always thought that I live my life by this premise: YOLO. But recent events have made me doubt that.
When I have free time, I fill it with books.
When I'm at school,...
Prom season stresses me out unlike anything else.
It literally takes over my thoughts and my errands.
The to-do list is endless with picking out a dress, finding shoes, getting accessories, wondering...
Recently, I have realized that other people's’ needs matter along with my own.
I am a die-hard people pleaser, and I used to be unsure of whether this quality is a good or a bad thing.
Now I am...
Lately, I have avoided the radio whenever possible.
Whenever I do listen, I immediately have to switch the station, and then switch it again.
It's like I'm in some movie with the theme song of a...
Spring break taught me that the vacation itself is not what makes the memories.
It’s like having an instrument without any idea how to play it. All the bones are there, but if I don’t learn how...
Every Friday, my Senior Composition class has a timed write over current issues. Last Friday’s topic got me more heated than usual.
The topic was Apple’s refusal to unlock a phone that belonged...
Anyone who has taken Art Fundamentals knows about the color wheel. Some colors are complements, while others mix together to create yet another color. Some colors are on a dark end of a spectrum, while...
Lately I've been hearing a lot of my friends doubting themselves. Too many.
I asked a few of my friends to play me a song on the guitar, and before they even start playing, they announce that they aren't...
Every weekend, and even week nights, a constant pressure to occupy my time with other people weighs down on me like a sumo wrestler standing on my back.
Whether it's going out to eat after practice...
With Spring Break just around the corner, the amount of diet plans and weight loss goals swirling around me has stopped me in my tracks.
While I understand the importance and even vitality of a healthy...
